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Five years later, Uganda's LGBT groups on David Kato’s murder

‘His death made us stronger’: Uganda's LGBT groups on David Kato’s murder https://t.co/ZtopbIi1uQ — The Guardian (@guardian) January 26, 2016 January 26 was the fifth anniversary of the brutal murder…

Gay D.C. teacher acquitted of sexual assault

Gay D.C. teacher acquitted of sexual assault https://t.co/3kFIePKb1T — Washington Blade (@WashBlade) January 25, 2016

UN lodges protest over Malawi political party spokesman's 'kill the gays' remarks

UN lodges protest over Malawi political party spokesman's 'kill the gays' remarks https://t.co/PQjWShcwEG #lgbt pic.twitter.com/7KxMpCoKID — Gay Star News (@gaystarnews) January 23, 2016

Holtzclaw Sentenced To 263 Years

Former Police Officer Daniel Holtzclaw Sentenced To 263 Years For Rapes Of #Women He Targeted https://t.co/GjBB3K0xiV #p2 #DEM #GOP #tlot — New Civil Rights (@newcivilrights) January 21, 2016 For once,…

15-year-old girl arrested in Metro attack on gay couple

15-year-old girl arrested in Metro attack on gay couple https://t.co/m5rfIa61gb — Washington Blade (@WashBlade) January 16, 2016 A disturbing story.

What Pope Benedict Knew About Abuse in the Catholic Church

Photo by Vincenzo Pinto / AFP / Getty) As The New Yorker reports, the Church sexual abuse scandal got as close as to Benedict XVI’s brother Georg Ratzinger, who was…

LGBT police liaison unit ends midnight shift

.@DCPoliceDept LGBT liaison unit ends midnight shift https://t.co/7ht7Lq8V0g — Washington Blade (@WashBlade) January 14, 2016 They won’t fill vacancies, they have canceled an entire shift, but hey, they’ve changed the…

Mayor Bowser, Verizon announce support for LGBT homeless youth

.@MayorBowser, @verizon announce support for LGBT homeless youth | @WashBlade https://t.co/0YJIoySHpw — DC Takes On HIV (@DCTakesOnHIV) January 14, 2016

Nearly half of D.C.'s homeless youth are LGBT

Nearly half of D.C.'s homeless youth are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender https://t.co/d1uFDQkQHn — Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 14, 2016

Blade: LGBT groups cautious over decriminalizing sex work

D.C. Council member David Grosso said he was reconsidering introducing legislation to decriminalize prostitution in D.C. because he’s unsure it would pass. (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key) Lou…